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1: Theoretical foundations of public health • Development of public health
and definition of the field (different definitions of public health, development
and historical milestones) • Important public health terms and concepts (health,
disease, clinical medicine, population medicine) 2: Methods of studying
health-related phenomena and other methods of working in public health •
Demographic events and phenomena • Characteristics and structure of the
population • Demographic and health data • Routine and occasional sources of
health data • Classifications of diseases • described epidemiology – indicators
of disease burden; absolute values, rough and age-standardized rates •
Analytical epidemiology – epidemiological research; relatively weak • Spatial
and environmental epidemiology – GIS 3: Major public health problems and risk
factors for them • Demographic and epidemiological changes • Overview of major
health problems (infectious diseases, chronic non-communicable diseases,
diseases, mental disorders) • Risk factors (natural, socio-economic) 4:
Management of health problems (prevention) • Primary, secondary and tertiary
prevention; vaccination, screening, treatment, palliative care, rehabilitation •
Organization of preventive activities • Health promotion 5: Systems and
organization of health care and health insurance with health legislation •
Health care and health activity • Healthcare systems • Financing of health
activities and economics in health care • Current health care system and health
legislation in Slovenia 6: Society and health problems • Medical ethics and
deontology • Genetics in public health 7: Risk analysis • Exposure to
environmental factors • Risk assessment • Risk management • Risk communication •
Medications and emergencies